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nostrils, but not to the forelu'ail. Piill i-imI. Length about 8.50 ; wing, 3.75; tail, 4.50. 

 Female duller in color. 



Ilah. Cape St. Lucas and Southern Arizona. 



C. ignnn. 



This species, discovered at Cape St. Lucas by Mr. J. Xanttts, is very sim- 

 ilar to C. Vivf/iniaiius, the well-known cardinal grosbeak or red-bird of the 

 Eastern United States. It diflers, however, in a more swollen bill, and in 



C\ Virgin inmifi. 



the black of the head not extending ali)ng the forehead Tjetween the eyes, as 

 shown l)y the above figures. Tlie haliits are prol,>ably nuich the same as in 

 C. Virginiaiuts ; the nest and eggs are very similar. This species is in- 

 cluded in a collection made by Dr. Palmer at Camp Grant, east of Tucson, 

 in Arizona. 



Gents PIPILO, YiEii.r.oT. 



Pipilo, ViEiLLOT, Analyse, 1815 (Aj^assiz). (Type, Fiiiii/illa en/tJirnphlluilma, Linn^us.) 

 Kieneria, Bonaparte, Coraptes Rcndus, XL. 1855, 356. In part. 



Gi:x. Cil.\u. P)ill rather stout; the cuhncn gently curved, the gouys nearly straight ; 

 the commissure gently concave, with a decided notch near the cud ; the lower jaw not so 



